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A Proud Roommate
Before providing my latest top 100 movie rankings, I spotlight my talented roommate Elina Street, who has two films that made their U.S. premiere this…
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What a Time It Was, Huh?
In this edition of my top 100 movie rankings, we’re talking Francis Ford Coppola’s other 1974 masterpiece, Devil in a Blue Dress, Reds and more!
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My 2023 Feature Film Rankings
Happy Oscars Sunday everyone!
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Let’s Talk About Biopics
Welcome to the sixth edition of The Martell 100 newsletter. We’ll begin today with a discussion about biopics. A bit lower, you’ll find the other movies…
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Got Room for One More?
In this edition, I reveal my updated top 100 movie rankings. But first, a closer look at Quentin Tarantino’s Snow Western, “The Hateful Eight.”
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Where the Rainbow Ends: A Journey Through My Deranged Movie Marathon
I spent the last Friday of 2023 at Metrograph with Paul Thomas Anderson, Tom Cruise and Stanley Kubrick. It was exhausting but well worth it.
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False Prophets and Precious Bodily Fluids
In the first newsletter of the new year, we discuss films about fate, faith and matters of chance.
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The Martell 100 is a newsletter in which I discuss my 100 favorite films and write about the other movies — new and old — that I’m watching.

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